mammals                 package:MASS                 R Documentation

_B_r_a_i_n _a_n_d _B_o_d_y _W_e_i_g_h_t_s _f_o_r _6_2 _S_p_e_c_i_e_s _o_f _L_a_n_d _M_a_m_m_a_l_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A data frame with average brain and body weights for 62 species of
     land mammals.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(mammals)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     '_b_o_d_y' body weight in kg

     '_b_r_a_i_n' brain weight in g

     '_n_a_m_e' Common name of species. Rock hyrax-a = _Heterohyrax
          brucci._ Rock hyrax-b = _Procavia habessinica._

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Weisberg, S. (1985) _Applied Linear Regression._ 2nd edition.
     Wiley, pp. 144-5.

     Selected from: Allison, T. and Cicchetti, D. V. (1976) Sleep in
     mammals: ecological and constitutional correlates. _Science_
     *194*, 732-734.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999) _Modern Applied
     Statistics with S-PLUS._ Third Edition. Springer.

